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expenditure had been agreed upon, the research controlled and
placed within well defined limits, all expenses had been
accounted for and the result had been mundane products with
little appeal. TAE Inc. While the Engineering
Department labored diligently make small improvements the
Edison phonograph, small number experimenters— including a
few Edisons— worked tightly controlled environment to
produce slightly better versions existing products. The
revolutionary new technologies, such the talking picture,
had all fallen the wayside, victims technological
problems and conservative financial policies. had charted course conservative
technology: great experimental campaigns into totally new
areas, irresponsible spending without limits, and new
products excite the customer. The attempts to
develop innovative new products were half-hearted and small
scale. was a
fusion two partly developed technologies into one
complicated machine. Little thought had gone into its potential
market, and the best the Edison company company could was
claim that would "entertain and educate children. The Ediscope, for example, tried utilize the
long-playing record motion picture device which flashed
still pictures the front screen the machine.." Not
no
surprisingly, failed achieve any commercial success
